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NUDIBRANCHIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug
Synonyms:
Nudibranchia; order Nudibranchia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nudibranchia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Nudibranchia"):
nudibranch; sea slug (any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body)
Aplysiidae; family Aplysiidae; family Tethyidae; Tethyidae (sea hares)
genus Hermissenda; Hermissenda (genus of marine sea slugs)
Holonyms ("Nudibranchia" is a member of...):
Opisthobranchia; subclass Opisthobranchia (gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares)
